Seashell vs. Conch

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Seashellnoun

the empty shell of a marine mollusk

Seashellnoun

A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

Seashelladjective

Of a very light pink colour, like that of some seashell.

Seashellnoun

The shell of any marine mollusk.

Seashellnoun

the shell of a marine organism

Seashell

A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal that lives in the sea. The shell is part of the body of the animal.

Conchnoun

A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

Conchnoun

The shell of this sea animal.

Conchnoun

A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.

Conchnoun

(architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.

Conchnoun

synonym of concher

Conchverb

To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.

Conchverb

To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

Conchnoun

A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. Strombus gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo and cameo conch.

Conchnoun

In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

Conchnoun

One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; - so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.

Conchnoun

See Concha, n.

Conchnoun

The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

Conchnoun

any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip

Conch

Conch () is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).

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